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Release the brakes and go after what you really want

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Wilko van de Kamp
Nov 23, 2023
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Most people drive through life with their psychological brakes on. The brakes are negative images we hold on to about ourselves, such as inaccurate beliefs about reality, guilt, negative self-talk and self-doubt. This negative energy, even if it’s subconscious, can be a real obstacle to accomplishing your goals, no matter how hard you try or how good your intentions may be.

Successful people release the brakes.

All those unfounded beliefs are like a prison. They don’t allow us to go out and reach our goals, so first we must get out of our self-imposed prisons.

One of the powerful methods to break free of those limitations is visualization: creating powerful and compelling new internal images of having, doing and creating what we want.

Visualization is the act of creating compelling and vivid pictures in your mind, and makes the brain achieve more. Your mind cannot distinguish between a real and an imaginary event. That’s one of the reasons why nightmares can appear so vividly real that we…

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